Sentences with phrase «n't have agents»

Smythe - Harris and her partner didn't have any agents when they started their virtual firm.

He bemoans Mexico's lack of tradition of exporting talent: publishers generally don't have international rights departments and the majority of writers don't have agents.

A real agent does not sell books to vanity presses or publishing houses that take writers who don't have agents.

Commercial publishers also accept genre novels from authors who don't have agents.

Plus, there is the fact that indies reach that magic number quicker than trad published authors do because we don't have agents and publishers taking their share of the money out before it finally trickles down to us.

Most big name publishers, the ones that can get you into bookstores, do not accept submissions from writers who don't have agents.

We don't have agents who deal in audiobook work.

I would guess that many Bloomberg Press authors don't have agents.

Most indie authors don't have agents, but some do for very specific reasons.

Lamar Jackson said he doesn't have an agent because salary slotted for draft picks and they would «take a cut of my paycheck and I feel I deserve it.»

Jackson confirms he doesn't have an agent because there's nothing to negotiate.

KB is a talented kid who visited London, who may or may not have made contact with AFC, who may or may not have been made and offer, who may or may not have an agent stirring the s ** t for him, who may or may not be a useful or very good player for someone in 2 to 3 years time, who may or may not be interested in playing in the PL etc etc..

«I wanted to earn the money, not have an agent get it for me,» says Jones, who played in 44 Gulf Coast League games that summer.

Tell me one name who doesn't have agent and openly said that he wants to be at arsenal forever.

He doesn't have any agent too.

«I didn't have an agent negotiating, I didn't have a clue what I was in for, I knew that this will probably be the only offer I have, I'm jumping all over it.»

If an athlete does not have an agent, please direct your enquiry to [email protected].

He advised political parties to submit names of their agents by June 30, 2018, with a warning that any party that failed to meet up with the date would not have agents for the governorship election.

We also do not have agents for this website.

I didn't have an agent, so she thought people would try to call me directly and strike a deal.»

If you do not have an agent, check out our guide to landing an acting agent here.

Agents must first be queried by you, and publishers will 99.9 percent of the time not look at an unrepresented manuscript (if you don't have an agent who's sent it to them, they will never read it.)

I'm guessing that a lot of authors are not aware that even if they do not have an agent to represent them when dealing with a publishing contract they can always hire the services of an Intellectual Properties lawyer.

I didn't have an agent.

I'd been attending the Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference for seventeen years and still didn't have an agent, despite writing three work - for - hire books with Focus on the Family.

If an author does not have an agent it's advised for them to have the contract looked over by an IP lawyer.

However, with this new bar set higher than any other point in the industry, that distinction between «having an agent» = good quality and «not having an agent» = bad quality is gone.

And you're absolutely right — if we don't have an agent (and sometimes, even if we do!)

I know first - hand that there's not a lot of support for first - time cookbook authors who don't have an agent or a publisher yet.

I don't have an agent and I don't have a big traditional publisher and I get some good reviews, but I don't sell millions of copies.

I also heard stories from authors who self - published their cookbooks and didn't have an agent or acquisitions editor to answer their questions.

I submitted my proposal for a series of Bible studies (after being professionally edited by you and I do not have an agent.

Then the internet laughs at me and says, «Well, son, that's why you don't have an agent or a big contract with a big traditional publisher.

I don't think it's mandatory, but the advice of a solid critique group or that of a professional editor can give you an advantage over other submissions, especially if you do not have an agent.

WalterPoon - There are a few publishers who will accept submissions if you don't have an agent, but they're pretty rare, especially among larger publishers.

Even small press publishers are closing their doors to unsolicited manuscripts, meaning if you don't have an agent who is willing to back your work (which is sometimes a trial in and of itself, finding an agent that you get along with and is willing to work for you), you're a little out of luck.

But we didn't have an agent at all until we were # 1 on Amazon.

I didn't have an agent, had no idea how to get published and had just joined my local RWA (Romance Writers of America) chapter.

Those are good points — although it sounds like you don't have an agent?

You discover that you might very well need an agent — it can oftentimes be difficult to get into the big publishing houses if you don't have an agent.

That's after returns and I assume you are smart enough if you are reading this to not have an agent taking a piece of that $ 4,000.

«Not having an agent is a real barrier to mainstream publication, and it's hard to find an agent to represent lesbian and gay fiction because most of the time the audience is a small one.

But if you are a competent writer — if you understand the rules — then, if you do not have an agent or a publishing contract the reason is not that the agents are too busy or too picky.

They usually don't have an agent or a publisher to answer their questions — they rely on you for your professional knowledge of the industry.

If you don't have an agent, then the task of finding a book publishing company is yours.

Example... I have heard many, many times from writers that if you don't have an agent, it will kill your career.

I haven't had an agent for seven years.

We have talked about this myth already bunches of times in other comment sections, but it is always framed by ``... if you don't have an agent, it will kill your career.»

In indie publishing the author generally doesn't have an agent and, by definition, doesn't have a publisher, so they are mostly on their own.

If you want your novel or book to have a good chance of being placed on bookshelves and you don't have an agent, the following publishers are all good options.